APRICOT-LEMON & CHOCOLATE-NUT BUTTER SNACK BARS

Apricot-lemon & chocolate-nut butter snack bars – which would you choose? I would take both, no doubt about it 🙂 The apricot-lemon flavor is so zingy and fresh with a creamy lemony filling and the chocolate-nut butter is crunchy and chocolatey with a lush nut butter filling. Flavorwise very different, but equally delicious and made with very similar ingredients.

These are pretty wholesome snack bars, but definitely more on the dessert-snack side. That’s the way we love our snacks! Here are some tips on how to make your own and don’t miss the recipe for these yummy bars below!

Tips for making snack bars

Use dates, apricots, raisins and even dried berries (like cranberries) as a sweetener and as the basic ingredient for snack bars. Dried fruit give a lovely chewy and soft consistency to snacks.

Dried fruit together with nuts, seeds, oats (or other grains) are a great base for a snack bar. You can use whatever nuts and seeds you have in your pantry, don’t be afraid to experiment 🙂 My top tip is to leave some nuts and seeds very coarse to give a lovely crunchy texture to the bars.

I prefer nut butter, coconut butter or coconut oil or a mixture of all of these to keep the snack bar batter together. But don’t use too much, as it will get too oily. My tip is to start with 1 tbsp, then blend, and add more if the batter isn’t sticky enough. If you don’t use oils, just use nut or seed butters. They’re my favorite ingredients!

To give the bars extra flavor, add Ceylon cinnamon, ground cardamom, vanilla, cacao powder or any other spices you wish. Again, don’t be afraid to experiment! I even added chili flakes to my chocolate snack bars once and they were heavenly (not very child-friendly though, my kids dislike very spicy foods). Also remember to add a pinch or two of salt! Salt is what binds the flavors together, and it brings out the sweetness of food.

If you want your snack bars to be even more like dessert, add more sweetness. Maple / date / coconut syrup are my preferred snack bar sweeteners. You can also add a filling to your bars like I did and I swear it brings your snacks to a whole new delicious level! The filling also freezes well, and it’s an amazing chilled treat in the summer time